Wearing back to ancient times is good for old age

There was an oil lamp, and the dim light illuminated the room indistinctly, making it difficult to see clearly.Village Chief Gao and Daming Erming were both there, chatting.They had heard the conversation between Aunt Gao and Feng Ye, so they greeted her and asked Feng Ye what they needed help after sitting down.

Hearing that Feng Ye was going to build a house, the three of Gao's father and son were stunned for a moment before they could react. After a while, Village Chief Gao knocked the chimney in his hand before saying, "Building a house is a good thing. It stands to reason that your house should have been built long ago." If it is built, then tell me what kind of building you want to build, so that Uncle can help you as a staff member."

Feng Ye explained his plan again, but Village Chief Gao didn't make a sound after hearing this, and after a while he pondered and said, "Li Tong, don't blame Uncle for being rude." Seeing Feng Ye nodded, he continued: "If this house is built according to what you just said, it will be a lot of money in terms of buying bricks, tiles and wood, and hiring helpers. You...you don't have any direct relatives in your family to help, then Uncle asks you, do you have so much money now? Your family was not very well-off, and your grandfather spent a lot of money when he passed away. If the money is not enough, should you build two or three rooms this year and save later? How can you survive after spending all your money on building a house like this?”

After hesitating for a while, he said, "How about... If you really want to build it all at once, Uncle can help you."

Feng Ye felt a little funny when he heard it. It turned out that Village Chief Gao was afraid that he had no money, and thought he was young and impatient, and would spend all his money if he didn't know how to plan. He is so old that he can almost catch up with the age of village head Gao in this life.Not to mention that Feng Ye now has enough money to build a good enough house, even if he wants to build a house but the money is not enough, he will not disregard his life for the house, let alone borrow money to build a house. , You can directly find a bank loan to buy a house.People in the mountains live frugally, and they can't save much money all year round. Every household lives carefully. Even if there is some spare money in the family, it should be carefully kept for emergencies. How can they borrow money? give others?Village head Gao said he wanted to help him because he was a poor orphan in the village and the relationship between the two families in the past. Besides, although the Gao family is a relatively well-off family in the village, there are still a lot of places to spend money. The second girl of the Gao family was getting married a few years ago, and it cost a lot of money. ...

These thoughts ran through Feng Ye's mind, and after a while, he smiled and said to Village Chief Gao: "What Uncle said is true. But Uncle's family has already helped me a lot, how can I trouble Uncle again! I sold a wild ginseng in two days and made some money, which I guess should be enough for a house."

Village head Gao glanced at Daming, lighted the chimney casually, and said to Feng Ye: "I also heard from Daming that you got a wild ginseng and sold it for a good price, right?"

"Well, yes." Feng Ye was also happy when he thought of this.

"Then do you know how much it costs to build a house?" Village Chief Gao asked again.

Feng Ye smiled embarrassedly: "I probably know, five or sixty taels of silver."

Daming said beside him: "Maybe it won't cost so much, five or sixty taels can even add furniture. Is your money for selling wild ginseng enough?" Feng Ye nodded in agreement.

Village head Gao glanced at Daming again, thought for a while, and said to Feng Ye: "Since you know what's in your mind, that's fine. Building a house is fast, and we have ready-made experts in our village, and now is the time to say hello. You can start working."

Feng Ye said happily: "It is this matter that I need to trouble Uncle to come forward. The wages of helpers can be calculated as high as possible. There is no problem in this aspect. There is also the matter of buying bricks and tiles. According to Uncle, where should I buy them? What kind? How much to buy? I don’t understand these things.”

"Helping work is easy. I'll go to each house tomorrow to say hello. You don't have to take care of the food when the work starts. As for the wages, it can be considered cheaper. We are all neighbors in the village, so we can do our best. The stones for the foundation are here. There are bricks and tiles on the mountain. You can buy bricks and tiles at Wangji shop in the county. They are high-quality green bricks and tiles fired by special brick kilns. There is someone in our village who works there. You can ask him for help, and the price can be discounted Point. What about wood, many people in the village have mature wood in the mountains and forests, and it is convenient to buy, as long as the price can be negotiated..."

Several people discussed the details of each part with the oil lamp.

The next day, Village Chief Gao really went to the village to talk to several families who were good at mud and water work, and the matter was settled.One day later, it was market day again. Village head Gao took two people with Feng Ye to the county town to order materials, and the village also began to hire people to mine stones and cut wood.

So everyone in Dieshan Village knew that Li Tong was going to build a new house.

Within a few days, the Wangji shop in the city also delivered bricks and tiles one after another.

According to the custom here, after offering sacrifices to the land god, Feng Ye's house began to break ground in the clear late autumn.

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17. Transformation...

The foundation site of Feng Ye's new house was chosen on the slope land a little further in front of his original hut, and the terrain there was higher than the side of the hut.These slopes originally belonged to Feng Ye's family, but since Feng Ye's parents passed away in this life, nothing was planted, and his grandfather left the land unused, so there are only a few trees in this open space. Cherry trees, the grounds are covered with weeds.

During the construction of the house, the villagers who came to help with the work would go home for dinner. The progress of the project was pre-planned, so he didn’t have to worry about it. With Village Chief Gao looking after him, everything went on in an orderly manner as agreed before. Therefore, Feng Ye is also happy and leisurely, and returns to the pastoral life of watering vegetables and weeding, feeding chickens and collecting firewood every day.

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After nearly two months, the house was finally completed.

The completed new building is in the shape of an inverted mountain, with a total of two entrances. The front entrance is divided into five houses side by side. In the middle is a spacious main room, with two houses on each side. The kitchen and storage room are located near the outer courtyard. , there are two wing rooms next to the inner courtyard; the front door of the main room is facing the front yard, and there are two steps at the door, which is built into an outdoor porch; the kitchen room is divided into two sections by a low wall, and one section can be made In the kitchen, there is a section dedicated to stacking firewood; the main room is a courtyard, except for a ginkgo tree that is as tall as him, which was just transplanted according to Feng Ye's wishes, other places are still empty, and the corner of the storage room is next to the courtyard. There is a small side room, which is a separate bathroom; the second room is a two-story building, and the bottom floor has two rooms, one of which is the master bedroom with a bathroom designed by Feng Ye; the other room Fengye intends to use it as a normal living room. What Fengye is most proud of is that there is a small western-style fireplace, which is connected to the pit bed in the next bedroom. When it is cold in winter, the fireplace is lit during the day to keep warm, and the pit bed is warm at night. ;Upstairs are three rooms. Feng Ye has no defined functions for the time being. Everything will be known when it is used. Outside the room is a long corridor more than two meters wide. You can put tables and chairs in the future, and drink tea when you have nothing to do Appreciate the scenery and learn the elegant decoration of the home; the railings are made of blue bricks and bamboo-shaped porcelain blocks specially customized by Fengye, which has the characteristics of a modern small western-style building, but has a simple and elegant beauty; the stairs going upstairs are built together. The outside of the living room on the first floor and one end of the corridor on the first floor are all made of blue bricks, unlike the wooden stairs commonly used by the villagers here, which will have to be replaced in at most ten years.

The doors and windows are all custom-made styles from the county, and the interior floors of the house are all paved with gray square bricks used for paving in this era.In addition, a complete drainage and sewage system was dug under the house according to Fengye's design, and special custom-made pipes were also used to lead to the three cesspools dug outside the house.

The whole house is neat and elegant, with blue bricks, black tiles, and white walls, revealing a low-key luxury, far beyond Feng Ye's original imagination, and it has become the best house ever in Dieshan Village.The people in the village were amazed, and they came to see it one after another. After seeing it, they were even more surprised. This house was built like a rich man's house in the city, although in some places the villagers couldn't figure out what it was for. (such as the fireplace), but there is no doubt that this house is really exquisite, beautiful and grand in the eyes of the villagers.

So for a while in the village, some were jealous, some shook their heads and sighed, some were sincerely happy, some had nothing to do with themselves, some secretly planned, but they all secretly said that the poor boy of the Li family didn't know When did you get rich.Feng Ye doesn't care about this, he just wants to live a decent life, let others talk about others, he will go his own way.

A few days after the house was built, the complete set of furniture that Feng Ye ordered at Carpenter Zhang was also ready, and everyone moved in the things according to his so-called "design" and arranged them neatly one by one.It was the first time that Feng Ye had the honor to carefully appreciate the various furniture of this era: the large bed carved in mahogany, with a high bedstead on it; Highly recommended, the reason is that the hostess will have to use it in the future. Poor Feng Ye!), a smooth and thick classical round table... In addition, there is a cool bed similar to a modern Chinese traditional sofa made according to Feng Ye's idea And a couch for the imperial concubine, which can be tilted casually when you are free, lying on it, reading a book and dozing off.

Feng Ye made a rough calculation. From building the house to furniture, the money spent was nearly half more than expected. The main reason is that there are several things that need to be customized by Feng Ye. This part costs more, but fortunately, it is built. The house as a whole is very suitable for Feng Ye, and the problem of that little money is not a problem at all.

After tidying up, Feng Ye stood in the main room and watched all this, feeling that this was finally like a home.

A few days later, after the house had been scented with herbs, herbs, etc., and the moisture and adobe smell had dissipated, at the suggestion of Village Chief Gao, Feng Ye chose the sixth day of this month, that is, three days later, to move in. liquor.The so-called "occupation" is to hold housewarming wine before moving into a new house. The main ceremony and function is to invite the kitchen god and ancestors back to the new house.

After discussing with Mrs. Gao, the head of the village, and Zhang Carpenter and his wife, Feng Ye invited all the helpers involved in building the house, the family of the head of the village, the family of Gao Er, the family of Zhang Carpenter, and the patriarch of the Li clan and the family follow Feng Ye. Several uncles from the same family and all the children in the village came to celebrate with wine. At the same time, village head Gao and the current patriarch of the Li clan were invited to preside over the ceremony.

The wine, vegetables, incense, candles, etc. that need to be purchased for the wine are purchased by Feng Ye with the help of Gao's family and his uncle Li Shenglin's family. The matters that need to be paid attention to and the ritual steps to join the group are busy all day long.

In the afternoon of the fifth day of the lunar new year, the kitchen helpers and others in the village were busy at Feng Ye's house.

On the auspicious day, Feng Ye was woken up by other people before Mao time came, and after washing and bathing, he went to the village temple surrounded by everyone to worship the gods, a whole roasted pig, a whole chicken, duck, goose, five The food, vegetables, rice, and dried fruits are all complete, and they are carried by a team of people.

First sacrifices were made to the Tianshen Temple, followed by the Guanyin Temple, the Earth Temple and the Ancestral Hall. Everywhere they went, the patriarch would read a sacrificial message about Zheye, and Feng Ye fell asleep listening to it, but pretended to be respectful , Strictly follow Village Chief Gao's chanting, bowing and reciting auspicious words, and then return to the new home, worship the ancestral tablet, and then officially set up wine and make a fuss.

It took two days for the banquet to come to an end.

When the occupancy is completed and the new house is formally moved in, Feng Ye can't help but sigh: "It's finally done, it's really exhausting, it turns out that living in a new house is not that simple."

The author has something to say: there is a little less, and there may be another chapter tonight.

Regarding some packages, I am worried about abandoning the pit, please rest assured here, I will definitely not cheat.

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18. Wedding...

Not long after Feng Ye moved, there was an incident in the village that diverted people's attention from Feng Ye and his house—the village chief's second daughter, Caili, was getting married.

Miss Caili's husband's family is a farmer's family in a village near the county seat. They have a solid family background. I heard that the future in-laws are also good-natured. The Gao family also knows everything about each other's family and is very satisfied.Miss Caili has been engaged for two or three years, and her dowry is well prepared at home, so almost half of the people in Dieshan Village were invited to this banquet.

Of course Feng Ye was also invited.

For the gift, Feng Ye went to the county seat.

Giving gifts in this era is the easiest, there is no need to consider the recipient's status, status, hobbies and other troublesome things, as long as it is not taboo.This was obtained by Feng Ye from Mrs. Zhang. Some of Caili's dowry was made by Zhang Carpenter. Of course, she was also invited to drink. The Zhang family planned to give a pair of carved eight treasure boxes made by Zhang Carpenter himself.

Feng Ye thought about it, and felt that it would be enough to send a piece of cloth, and it would be enough to seal a red envelope at that time.

Feng Ye wandered around the East City and felt dissatisfied, so he turned around and went to a silk and satin shop in the South City.The luxuriously decorated shop is full of fine fabrics, and there are several patterned robes on the counter.Feng Ye picked out a piece of silk with a light yellow background and orange patterns. The store's service was good, and it was said that it was a gift, and they helped to pack it.Feng Ye simply bought two more pieces of cotton cloth, one with white background and blue pattern and the other with sky blue, and asked his sister-in-law, the second senior high school student, to help her cut and make robes for the New Year.

After shopping, I went back to Dongshi, bought a set of purple sand teapot tea set, a set of teacups for entertaining guests, and all the pots, pans, pans and pans that were missing at home.

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On the day of the wedding, Feng Ye specially went with Zhang Carpenter's family, otherwise he might not be rude, and it's better to keep a low profile when there are many people.

The banquet started the night before the wedding, and there were already a lot of people when they came to Gao’s house. Feng Ye saw that there were all kinds of gifts at the gift receiving place, such as rice, meat, live chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, and fur. There is everything.Feng Ye handed over his congratulatory gift, and besides a piece of silk, he also sealed a [-]-letter red seeh, not too much but not too little, otherwise there would be discussions in the village again.

At around noon on the day of the wedding, the welcoming team from Caili's husband's house came, and the sound of festive suona was faintly heard. Feng Ye followed the villagers to the entrance of the village to watch. The ancient wedding is a new thing, rare Happen once.

When the team arrived at the entrance of the village, a long string of firecrackers sounded, and the sound of joyful blowing and firecrackers from Gao's side also echoed, and the scene suddenly became extremely noisy.When the smoke cleared, the wedding party was invited into Gao's house, but Feng Ye saw the bridegroom in red and flowers standing alone on the road at the entrance of the village, smiling.

Feng Ye was full of doubts, and was about to ask someone to ask, when Feng Ye saw Gao Xiaoming, surrounded by a group of young men, walking towards the groom with a cup of tea in a red tray laughing and laughing.When he walked in front of the groom, the groom took out a red envelope from his pocket and put it in Gao Xiaoming's tray, then took tea and drank it.And Gao Xiaoming opened the red envelope in public, which should be money, Feng Ye saw Gao Xiaoming counting, and then the group of young men who followed Gao Xiaoming gave a big applause, and the groom returned to Gao Xiaoming under the leadership of Gao Xiaoming. Home.

Feng Ye was amused and puzzled, so he asked his sister-in-law Zhang, and found out that it was an inherent custom of weddings here. It means that the groom is also very satisfied with his brother-in-law, who is the bride's family, and will treat his wife well and love his brother-in-law in the future. The two parties once again expressed their recognition and blessings to this marriage.And if the brother-in-law is dissatisfied with the red envelope given by the groom, he will have to seal it again, and the tea must be respected again, so that the groom can enter the bride's house to pick up the bride.

Feng Ye couldn't stop laughing when he heard this, "Then what if my brother-in-law is always dissatisfied with his greed?"

Sister-in-law Zhang glanced at him, "Why are you always dissatisfied? It's not that the enemy wants to make things difficult, it's just an auspicious ceremony. At most, it's just the groom adding some money to drink a few more cups of tea."

It turns out that this is the case, it seems that this custom is quite interesting!

The welcoming team had a meal at the bride's house, and the auspicious time had come for the bride to go out.

Feng Ye rushed to the front to see if the bride would "cry for marriage" when she went out, as the book said.

But obviously there is no such custom here, the bride is dressed up and sits in the boudoir with a red hijab, and the groom throws a red envelope into the room through the crack of the door.It seems that the groom has to prepare a lot of red envelopes, and it is not easy to marry a wife, Feng Ye thought to himself.

After a while, the door opened, and the bride walked to the door surrounded by a group of people. The matchmaker put one end of the red silk in the groom's hand into the bride's hand. Tea.Village head Gao and Aunt Gao each gave a lai see to the bride and groom, and the bride got into the sedan chair led by the groom after saying goodbye to her parents.

The firecrackers and suona sounded together, and the relatives and friends who sent the dowry on behalf of the bride (mostly boudoir friends, excluding close relatives) went with the welcoming team to the groom's house. They would not come back until the bride and groom paid their respects. A ceremony not only means that the bride's family is well-connected and full of relatives and friends, but also allows the bride's family to see the situation of the groom's side, expressing the meaning of reassuring them.

The bride was taken away, and the banquet at Gaocun Chang's house ended that night, but the whole wedding was not over yet.

After three days, the newlyweds will bring gifts back to their natal home to visit their parents-in-law. Village head Gao still invites many people to hold a banquet to entertain the newlyweds.

When the bride is married, she is someone else's family. When entertaining, everything must be treated as a guest.

The newlyweds have to stay at the parents-in-law's house for one day, and then go back the next day. When they go back, the bride's natal relatives will send another congratulatory gift.This is where the whole wedding is considered complete.

Feng Ye's eyes were wide open. This ancient country wedding was really elaborate, and the whole process was much more troublesome than a modern wedding.

The author has something to say: This wedding is a custom in my hometown

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19. Burning charcoal...

The days are still passing day by day, like running water silently, and it will be winter in the blink of an eye.The weather is getting colder and colder, Feng Ye stays at home every day, drinking tea, reading books and eating melon seeds.

The tea is tree tea picked by myself from the mountain (a kind of tea that grows on various fruit trees like vines), which can clear away fire, improve eyesight, dehumidify and dryness. Stir-fried sunflower seeds with five spices, and the book is a thick copy of "Great Shang History" that Feng Ye bought from a bookstore for about a tael of silver.

By the way, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones at this time are really expensive. A book costs several hundred or thousands of coins, a broken brush costs more than a dozen coins, and an ordinary book costs dozens of coins. Not to mention the finer varieties.No wonder at this time reading is not a treat that anyone can have.

Feng Ye is glad that he traveled directly through his soul, and the things in his mind are still there. If he drank Mengpo soup after death and was reincarnated, he would probably be an illiterate farmer all his life with his current family background.

Judging from the books, the fonts of this era are traditional Chinese characters in ancient China. Feng Ye studied business management and international finance in his previous life. Only those who take guesswork can figure out the general meaning.

The civilization here is completely different from the ancient Chinese civilization. There are no such things as the Three Emperors, Five Emperors, Four Books and Five Classics, but the degree of development is roughly the same as that of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in China.According to the book, since the founding of the Shang Kingdom, there have been 22 emperors for more than 300 years.The reigning emperor is Emperor Dezong, who is said to be a successful ruler.This year is the ninth year of Dezong Qinglong.

The location of Dashang is roughly equivalent to that of China, facing the sea to the east and south, Gaoling Kingdom to the west, Qingyun Kingdom to the northwest, and Ming Kingdom to the north.In recent years, several countries have been living in peace, and they are still doing business with each other. However, Dashang's economy is staggeringly ahead of other surrounding countries, and it has become the economic center in the east of the mainland.

When he was reading, Feng Ye was impatient at all to read the history of the development of the nation and the history of the rise and fall of the country. He just wanted to understand the basic conditions of the era and environment he lived in. Anyway, he was just a common man, so he could live a good life. It's the key, and he doesn't want to pay attention to anything that has nothing to do with it.

One day, after reading a book, Feng Ye suddenly became interested and wanted to burn a kiln of charcoal by himself.

Burning charcoal is actually not a unique skill. Almost all country people know how to burn charcoal, and even strong daughter-in-laws can burn it by themselves.Before winter came, there were many people in the village who burned the charcoal. Besides their own use, the charcoal they burned could be sold to the people in the city. At that time, Feng Ye felt that he didn't need to use charcoal and didn't want to burn it.But now I read the method of making charcoal in the book, and I think it is quite simple, and I also think that it is better to use charcoal for heating or making hot pot in winter, unlike burning wood for smoky fire.

So, taking advantage of the gloomy weather and no rain these days, Feng Ye went up the mountain with a machete.

To burn charcoal, raw firewood should be used, preferably solid wood with the thickness of the forearm.In fact, Feng Ye had seen his uncle burn it in his previous life, and now he still has some impressions.There are many miscellaneous trees like this in the back mountain forest. Only the trunk is taken from the cut trees, and the branches and leaves are left in the forest, and will be used as firewood for the villagers in the future.

Feng Ye chopped raw firewood for three days, and spent half a day dragging them to the charcoal kiln dug by his cousin Li Changsheng.Li Changsheng told him when he was burning charcoal in autumn, and he can use it freely when the charcoal kiln is idle in the future. Even so, Feng Ye went to his house to say hello.

There are also several charcoal kilns on the slopes and fields in the village, all of which were dug by the villagers. When burning charcoal, everyone takes turns to use it, and it doesn't matter who the family is.The charcoal kiln that Li Changsheng dug was relatively small, and the most important thing was that it was close to Feng Ye’s house, on a piece of land just down the hillside in front of his house. There is also a puddle, which is convenient and not afraid of fire.

Charcoal kilns are usually dug on the solid hillside soil wall about two meters high. The dug out cave is cylindrical and slightly larger than the wooden bucket for bathing. Dig a magazine-sized vent hole in the lower corner, and the vent hole is closely connected to a short hole with a radius of half a meter on the right side of the cave.

According to the method taught by Li Changsheng, Feng Ye regards the raw firewood as wooden sections of the same height as the cave dwelling, and fills them densely into the cave dwelling. Seal up the hole.

Early the next day, Feng Ye came to light the fire.The fire is burned in the short cave next to it, and some large charcoal kilns need to be burned for a whole day before the fire can be stopped and sealed.

Feng Ye moved a small stool there to watch the fire and keep warm.The flames burned from the short hole to the kiln, and within half a day, the smoke and alcohol on the roof of the kiln were thick and urgent.Feng Ye went home again and brought a few sweet potatoes and taro and a bamboo tube of water, and roasted the sweet potatoes while burning the fire, just like in the previous life when he was young, he followed his uncle to burn charcoal. While eating roasted sweet potatoes, the cold winter wind was blowing, but he was almost sweating from the burning fire, and his little paws were blackened by the skin of the roasted sweet potatoes.Only at that time, Feng Ye had a special liking for the work of burning fire, which he always hated.

In addition to roasting sweet potatoes, potatoes, cassava, and yams, you can also make sticky rice in bamboo tubes while burning the fire.It is to cut fresh small bamboo, keep the bamboo joints at both ends of a bamboo tube, drill a small hole in the bamboo joint at one end, fill it with water and wash it, then pour glutinous rice and chopped bacon or sausage into it, and fill it up. Just cover the small opening with bamboo slices, and then put the bamboo tube on the fire and burn it. When the outside of the bamboo tube is burnt, the glutinous rice inside is also cooked.Cut open the bamboo tube, the glutinous rice inside reveals a fresh scent of bamboo leaves, which tastes unique.Later, in the city where he worked, Feng Ye saw restaurants steaming rice in large bamboo tubes, but it didn't taste good, and it didn't taste like the ones he ate when he was a child.

Alas, in short, there always seemed to be a lot of things at that time, and now I think of it as if it was as far away as centuries ago, but the memory separated by time and space is extremely clear at this time in this place.

The cold wind blows in bursts, blowing the flames vigorously, and there is no one in the fields near and far. In winter, people are nestled at home, and they are almost unwilling to go to the fields except to pick vegetables.The sky is still gloomy, as if the world will be hidden in darkness in the next moment, and people feel heavy and uncomfortable watching it. Only by looking at the jumping flames can they feel a little bit of comfort and comfort.

It would be great if there is a companion, at least there is someone to chat with at this time, Feng Ye thought to himself while pulling the charcoal fire with a wooden stick.

The fire didn't stop until mid-afternoon, and Feng Ye quickly sealed the short hole with stones and mud.After nearly a day of combustion support, even though the short hole for the fire has been sealed, the raw wood in the charcoal kiln is still burning, and thick blue smoke billows from the chimney.It was not until night that the smoke gradually faded, and at about Xu time (seven to eight o'clock in the evening), the smoke slowly turned into wisps.

Feng Ye looked at the door of the house several times before going downhill with the oil lamp, sealed the chimney with stones and mud prepared earlier, and then pasted a layer of mud on the sealing wall of the kiln door and the low cave door to prevent Air leaks in.After finishing it, Feng Ye checked the situation again, and then went home with peace of mind.

After another two days, Feng Ye went to open the closed door of the charcoal kiln.The charcoal seemed to be burning well, except for the color, the whole strip still vaguely looked like a tree, and Feng Ye could tell what kind of tree it was from the bark.

He carefully took out the charcoal, and put them neatly one by one into the bamboo basket, which was a special frame that Feng Ye asked carpenter Zhang to make when he decided to burn charcoal.The charcoal of a kiln is fine except for the ones at the beginning. When it comes to the piece close to the chimney and the vent, there are many charcoals that are no longer charcoal. The outer layer of a thick charcoal strip has become ash and only the core remains. In a little bit, the charcoal is still very loose.This should be what Li Changsheng called "mildew charcoal". It is due to the poor filling of firewood and sealing, which caused too much air to enter.This moldy charcoal will soon turn into ashes without burning.It seems that his technique is still not up to the mark, and the charcoal of the whole kiln is less than half moldy.Fortunately, there are still two boxes full of good charcoal, and with some crushed charcoal, it should be enough for him to use this winter.

The author has something to say: About Xiao Gong's appearance (*^__^*) is coming soon...

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20. Cat Winter...

It was getting colder and colder, and it rained non-stop for several days in a row. When I went outside, the cold north wind blew my face sorely.At this time, everyone is at home cat winter.

Feng Ye minimized the amount of activity during the day, and stayed in bed until Si time ([-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am) or even noon every day. When he got up, he first lit the fire in the living room to warm the house, and then cooked the fire.Meals are usually cooked together twice a day, a small charcoal stove is set up, and the soup base of the hot pot is put on, and the food for the day is dealt with in this way.

The chickens raised by Feng Yeqiu have basically grown up now, except for two that died in the middle, he raised the others well.There were twelve pullets among the chickens, and every time Feng Ye went to feed them, he looked forward to picking up eggs.Now he feeds the chickens with boiled chaff, crushed corn kernels mixed with chopped greens or wild vegetables, and the chickens don't bother to eat in winter, but Feng Ye counts on these chickens to have extra meals for the New Year, so he insists on taking cooked food every day Go feed them.

The vegetable garden of Feng Ye's family is also quite large now. The original few plots plus the new ones he opened up one after another are full of various vegetables, and they are planted with farmyard manure. He didn't need topdressing at all, but the grass on the ground grew as strong as the vegetables after a long time.A layer of straw had been laid on the potato field to prevent frostbite from ice and snow, and most of the items in the cellar except for the seeds had been moved out of the cellar and put into the kitchen and storage room.

When moving, Feng Ye also found that the two small sealed jars contained bean paste and cherry wine, which should have been made by his grandfather before his death.The cherry wine is ready to drink, the color of the wine is light peach pink, as beautiful as rouge sprinkled, Feng Ye tasted some, the mellowness of the farmhouse rice wine paired with the sweetness of the cherry fruit, it is slow and refreshing, it is delicious.

Doing nothing in winter makes people very boring. Apart from the cat at home, Feng Ye occasionally visits Mrs. Gao and Carpenter Zhang's house to warm up and chat with everyone.

One afternoon, after eating, Feng Ye felt that it was too boring to be alone, so he went to Mrs. Gao's house. Talking in a hurry, the whole mess.Listen carefully, it turns out that they are discussing going to the market.

As soon as he entered the house, the second sister-in-law who was sitting by the door first spotted him, "Feng Ye is here too, come in quickly! Everyone is talking about going to the market the day after tomorrow, do you want to go?"

Since Feng Ye built a new house, the attention of the villagers to him has been unprecedentedly high. Under Feng Ye's publicity, the word "Feng Ye" he chose for himself quickly became popular in the village. Now almost no one calls him The name is "Li Tong", the reason is that Feng Ye said "it's too unfamiliar and polite to call a name, it's more kind to call me", so everyone unanimously called him Feng Ye.

Aunt Gao greeted him happily: "Feng Ye, come in quickly, we are talking about the excitement. It is almost the winter solstice, and we all want to go shopping at the market. The winter solstice is over, and the twelfth lunar month is coming. Will you go? ?”

Winter solstice, Feng Ye is not familiar with these festivals at all, but he does have a lot of things to buy, and he doesn't have any meat in storage. If he doesn't buy any more, he will be a vegetarian all day long, so he immediately agreed: "Go, of course."

He was also afraid that in such a cold weather, he would not have a companion to go across the mountains to the city. It would be better if everyone went together, it would be lively, safe and convenient.

"But what if it still rains the day after tomorrow?" He was worried again, he really didn't want to go out in the cold and rainy weather.

The second-year-old sister-in-law shook her head, "Probably not, everyone just said that it should stop raining two days after tomorrow, don't worry, even if it rains a little, it's okay, put things on the bullock cart and cover them with tarpaulins, we It’s okay to walk in a coir raincoat and hold an umbrella. You just think about what you want to buy!” Everyone laughed.Feng Ye thinks about it, too.

It is inconvenient to live in a small mountain village, and you have to travel through mountains and rivers to buy something.

Feng Ye knew from the words of the people that the winter solstice here is very grand, and the winter solstice festival here is also called Xiaonian; and La Ri is the legendary Laba. Pray for good weather, prosperity and peace in the coming year.

These festive windy nights have never happened before, and it seems that few people pay attention to them in modern times.And look at the present, everyone is discussing what to buy enthusiastically, the atmosphere and look are like someone giving away something for free during the festival.

Looking at these happy faces, Feng Ye sighed in his heart: the ancients were simple, as long as they had enough food and clothing, life was beautiful to them, and people would be sincerely happy for the simple things in life, and their smiles were pure and pure, which is in line with modern times. Compared with those city people who are busy with mundane affairs all day long and make money every day, but are expressionless and depressed, it can be said that there is a world of difference.After living among such simple people for a long time, Feng Ye felt that his heart became soft and peaceful.

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The next day, it really stopped raining, and on the day of the market, there were still a few rays of sunshine in the cloudy clouds.

On this market day, almost every household has people going to the market. Everyone gets up just after dawn. All the ox carts in the village have been dispatched, but they can’t carry all the people. So everyone unanimously decided that the old and weak women and children will ride in the car, and the middle-aged and young men will walk.